Monday, October 27, 2014

Rainbow Flying Geese BQF Entry #1


This is my first entry for the blogger's quilt festival that I call the rainbow flying geese quilt.  It is a queen size quilt that I started in 2012 and only recently finished.


This quilt is made with only 4 different fabrics (2 ombre fabrics, Kona charcoal and a black backing fabric).  All the flying geese are single seam flying geese - a method that saves so much time and makes the geese a little 3-D but uses more fabric.


Oh and did I mention it is hand quilted in 14 different colors - something I will probably never attempt again on such a large scale, but is beautiful close up.  In between each flying geese I hand quilted a flying geese in a coordinating color going the opposite direction.  The result was 682 separate stitched areas - not that I counted or anything...




The finished size of the quilt is approximately 85" x 102", and I am very proud of the final result.  If you would like to read more about this quilt you can see previous posts here and here.


I am entering this quilt into the Hand quilted Category, of the Blogger's Quilt Festival held at Amy's Creative Side.  If you havn't checked it out yet, it is worth a look!

Thanks for reading!
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9 comments:

  1. Karen - Quilts...etc.October 28, 2014 at 4:26 AM

    very pretty and colorful

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  2. KimOctober 29, 2014 at 2:31 AM

    'Tis an amazing quilt. Stunning in every way!

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  3. Deb @ Frugal Little BungalowOctober 30, 2014 at 7:26 AM

    OH WHAT alot of work you put in to this ( I read the other posts too ) Not only do you have a stunning quilt you have a large amount of perseverance and you can be quite proud.

    It's a gorgeous quilt in every way.

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    1. Elise LeaOctober 30, 2014 at 8:23 PM

      Thank you so much Deb! It was a ton of work, but the more I stare at it, the more I love and cherish this quilt.

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  4. belarminaOctober 30, 2014 at 4:23 PM

    preciosa!!

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  5. AnitaNovember 3, 2014 at 8:51 PM

    This is amazing. I love it! And what a fantastic use of thread.

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  6. Sherri @ RebeccaMaeDesigns.comNovember 5, 2014 at 3:53 AM

    I love all your colors! Such a happy quilt!

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  7. amyNovember 6, 2014 at 4:35 PM

    Yet again, loving it :D

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  8. RachelNovember 7, 2014 at 12:23 PM

    This is so lovely. Great colors, and what a lot of different thread!

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